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I REMEMBER CAROLYN... '
The death notice was f
brief and to the point. "Pan- t
aacola, Florida-Mrs. Carolyn
Sampson, 42, wife of Phil
Johnson, the daughter of
Mrs. Flowers Sampson of
Pembroke died Monday at her I
home. Funeral services will <
be announced by Locklear and 1
Son Funeral Home, Pern- 1
broke." 1
Details are sketchy. Carbon i
monoxide poisoning we've 1
heard. We are not sure. But I '
mourn her passing. She was a
beautiful lady and human I
being. i
I remember her as Carolyn
Sampson, beautiful, viva
cious, smart, a leader, at the
head of the class. The daugh
ter of Mrs. Flowers and the
late and esteemed San ford
Sampson. Her father taught
history, her Uncle Benny
plied us with chemistry,
physics and the like.
When I think of Carolyn I
think of the word 'effortless.'
Success and adulation came
easily to her, as if it were her
rightful due. She and I were in
the same grade, graduating in
1958 from Pembroke Senior
High School. We were not to
see each other again until a
few years ago when her father
died and she came home for
the funeral. We reminisced,
enjoyed talking again. And I
told her how much 1 admired
her father, his sense of
integrity, his stick to-it-ive
ness, his scholarly ways, his
commitment to family, com
munity and church. It was a
nice visit and Carolyn was as
beautiful as ever. 1 secretly
had a crush on her all my life
although I never told anyone
until now.
And death has now claimed
Carolyn as the Grim One will,
in time, claim us all. We miss
her, hold her in our mind's
eye as the Perfect Woman,
upon a pedestal and the one
we called "maybe the most
beautiful woman I ever
knew..."
We offer sincere and heart
felt condolences to all her
family and friends. Carolyn
will be funeralized at Beret
Baptist Church in Pembroke
Friday at 3:30 p.m.
GO BY AND SEE
MS. LUCY JANE IF...
You're interested in arts
and crafts or if you simply
want to meet a vivacious and
positive human being. Mrs.
Lucy Jane Oxendine fits eith
er bill.
Always interested in arts
and crafts and intimately
involved when Lumbee Re
gional Development Associ
ation (LRDA) operated an arts
and crafts cooperative Mrs.
Oxendine has opened her own
shop next door to Bryant's
Kwik Shop (formerly the
Seaboard Grill) on the corner
of Union Chapel and Railroad
Streets in Pembroke.
Her business is named
appropriately enough "Lum
bee Indian Arts and Crafts"
and carries a lot of offerings
from our local Indian artists,
as well as arts and crafts from
other Indian reservations and
organizations.
Retired as a school teacher
"because of my arthritis"
Mrs. Lucy Jane's favorite
diversion now, apart from her
family, business and church,
is the Carovells. a singing
group made up of herself and
two sisters-Bessie William
son and Joan Davis. They
enjoy singing together at
singings and church meetings
and gatherings throughout
the county.
Mrs. Oxendine is a member
of Harper's Ferry Baptist
Church and enjoys meeting
people and "staying busy.
Her shop is open from 8
a.m. until S p.m. daily
"unless my ailments keep me
away." Go by and sea her.
You'll enjoy the experience of
neeting her and you might
ind something of interest to
>uy too.
WE OFFEB CONSOLE NCES
TO DR. PAUL FREIWIBTH
Dr. Paul Freiwirth taught
listory for a number of years
it Pembroke State University
before retiring to live among
us on the Pates Road near
Pembroke. You can see him
most days walking to and
From the post office in Pem
broke.
He's a private but nice and
Friendly man, giving pleasant
greetings to all who cross his
path. We have come to like
him a^id look forward to
seeing him daily at the post
office.
A tragedy recently came his
way. His two mobile homes
(joined by a breezeway) were
burned and his safe taken off.
His mobile liomes burned but,
according to law enforcement
officials, his safe was re
covered unopened.
We are thankful that he was
not hurt and offer him our
condolences. We believe a
man's home is truly his castle
and that one's property is a
sanctified place, hopefully
free from harm and danger.
No arrests have been made
to date in the mishap. Dr.
Freiwirth has purchased him
another mobile home and is
busily getting settled in again
with his prized books and
writings on numerology and
other ihterests. We wish him
well.
LETTS STOP THE KILLING...
ATMORE, Ala.--A law
yer said John Louis Evans D1
was "tortured in the name of
vengeance disguised as jus
tice," but Alabama officials
said Saturday the outcry
would not stop such exe
cutions.
Equipment failures Friday
night during Evans' execution
led his lawyer, watching from
the witness room with three
reporters, to beg Gov. George
Wallace for mercy.
It took three 30-second jolts
of 1,900 volts of electricity
over a 9-minute span to kill
the man accused of murdering
a Mobile, Ala., pawnbroker.
The drawn-out execution
caused when an electrode
strap malfunctioned?drew
immediate response.
"John Evans was burned
alive by the state of Ala
bama," his lawyer, Russell
Can an said. "Three times...
John Evans was tortured in
the name of vengeance dis
guised as justice."
Betty Dickson, Evans' mo
ther, said the family's only
regret "was the agony we felt
caused by the method used to
carry out the execution.
Mrs. Lacy Jane Oxendlne
stands la front of her shop.
Letters
4 4. -. his
foot in
" his
mouth
again"
The alleged writer of the
Robe son ian, an alleged news
paper of Lumberton, NC has
his foot in his mouth again.
His opinion as stated in the
Robesonian on April 20, 1983
reads, "our position (meaning
the Robesonian's) was that
the LREMC's member con
sumers should decide the
issue. The member consum
ers decided the issue last
October 19th, 1982, when
they exercised their right to
Con't on Page 10
"The loss of John's life
leaves a void," she said.
Let's stop the killing. All of
it. The state has no more right
to kill than you and 1, as I see
it.
Dpposed
to
misguided
Nuclear
freeze
Dear Editor:
I am a veteran of two wars,
World War D, and Korea, and
I am opposed to the misguid
ed nuclear freeze, which
would benefit our communist
adversaries, and show a sign
of weakness of U.S.
No-one wants to achieve a
genuine reduction in nuclear
reduction in nuclear arms
than the President, but his
proposals have fallen on deaf
ears in the Kremlin. The
Soviets seem to prefer the
concept of premature freeze
that locks them into a position
of permanent military super
iority. My Motto: Peace Thru
Strength.
We have no assurance that
the Soviets would not also
violate a freeze agreement. I
am a Pearl Harbor survivor,
and I don't want to see
another Pearl Harbor. Re
member Pearl Harbor. "Keep
America Alert."
T/Sgt. William P. Revels
U.S. Air Force, Ret.
St.Paab,NC
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W Wo Cannot Know Whore Wo Are Going
W HW? Don't Know Whore Wo re Boon...
So fittingly we honor our Pioneer Fathers
MEANDERING
WITH GARRY L. BARTON
I missed a great opportunity last week to
tell another of my favorite jokes. If I had
thought about it in time I would have told
about the young man who was standing
before the judge on a child support rap.
The judge asked the man, "Is the child
your's, son?" "Oh, yes!" replied the man
proudly. "Then the court awards die
mother $25 per week to help support your
child, son," said the judge. The fellow
scratched his head and looked at the judge
incredulously. "That's mighty white of
you, Judge," the muddleheaded lad said.
"And I'll even try and give her a few
dollars myself." ?
But I didn't think about it in time so I
won't tell it.
The popular movie, "Roots," has made
people more aware of their ancestry tree.
And this fascination with from whence we
came is good, in my opinion. I like the
adage that appears somewhere on this
page. It says in essence that you will never
know where you are going if you do not.
know where you have been." There's a
lot of truth to that.
But what really blows my mind is the
way some whites and Indians act when
tracing their family tree and finding a
Black perched on a limb. Mote times than
not they will try to knock him off and hide
him amohg the roots. It saddens me to see
them acting as if the Black's blood will
contaminate their pure (sic) family blood
line. Such actions are dangerous, in my
opinion. Indeed, such thinking is the
product of the same type of warped
mentality that gave us the Ku Klux Klan.
Shoot! I'm not afraid a Black will chop
down my family tree. It wouldn't surprise
me in the least - and it certainly wouldn't
- unduly alarm me - to find out I had a Black
ancestor; afterall I didn't order this "bad"
hair from Sears & Roebuck. Big deal! So
what? Will a little (or a lot for that matter)
Black blood cause a Family Tree to wilt and
die. I dare say not.
If you stop and think about it, nothing is
pure anymore. When was the last time you
saw a virgin? Heck! The good ol' U.S. of A.
is nothing but a melting pot anyway. We
are simply an amalgamation of many
peoples and nationalities. So where do we
get off harping on pure blood lines, or pure
anythings for that matter. So, what is so
horrendous about having a Black in your
Family Tree?
Perhaps the reason I am not uptight
about this issue is because I have an
'affinity with my Black brothers. (And don't
start no rumors; I'm not talking about my
brothers Bruce, Rodger and Ricky.)
I used to kid my mother; I'd tell her that
I was thirteen before I found out I weren't a
Black. Society taught me Blacks had
dark skin. (Whenever I looked in a mirror a
dark-skinned dude looked back at me).
Society taught me that Blacks had "bad,"
"knotty." or let's call a spade a spade (no
pun intended)...I'm talking about "kinky"
hair. (That dude staring back at me in the
mirror had "kinky" grass, too.) So, you
see, I had (and still have for that matter)
many of the traits and characteristics
society branded Blacks with. So what? I
had my first head-on collision
with racism when I was thirteen. I lived in
Chapel Hill at that time (during the
racially-rife '60s). When I went to a
restaurant take out orders were not
optional; it was the order of the day. In
other words, the proprietors would accept
my money but not my company. But, being
an optimist, I could even see a little light at
the end of this dark and dreary tunnel
at least, I thought to myself, whites aren't
prejudiced when it comes to the color
green.
I'm afraid society, in general, is kind
ofwarped anyway. There are some of you
reading this now whose jaws are warped
because I dared broach such a touchy
subject. We will look down our noses at our
Black brothers. We'll shun our Black
brothers as if they had the plague. Then we
will spend gobs of money to mock every fad
or fashion that comes from the Black race.
People, that's wierd "to^me.
We need to remember that Qod made
one race of people - the human race.
That's why, in my dealings with my fellow
man, 1 try to look beyond the color of his
skip,.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least for
God to get sick of all this racism crap and
strike us all color blind. Maybe then we
wouldn't be so color-conscious.
That would be mighty white of Him
wouldn't it? Oops! Strike that last sentence!
EDITORIAL OPINIONS...
The Carolina Indian Voice
LREMC ACTION GROUP'S
LAWSUIT DROPPED
Confirming rampant mum, the
LREMC Action Groap voluntarily drop
ped Ms lawsaft against the Lnmbee River
Electric Membership Corporation
[LREMC] boerd of directors Monday and
Judge D.B. Herring dgpd an order
dissolving a temporary restraining order
and setting aside an Interim settlement
and consent order entered March IS.
It was complete vindication for the
board of directors and dm maligned
cooperative. AHhongh the LREMC Ac
tion Group, led by tbefc spakcamm Carl
Branch, cited a lack of financial,
resonices, the saK was dtepped becanee
their position was not defendahle. They,
in feet, abandoned the snM because the
legal hand writing waa on the wall. The
dissidents wsnid have lost M a esart af
law, and they know R.
The cooperative and board of dliettota
were briC!w*tij ?' fended by their special
connsol Barry NahaR of Chapel OR and
boh. Dlcfcorson. Bernboh, GladhiU and.
Hargrove, also af Chapel HM. Said a
Mow, "a gaad lawyer's worth his
weight hi gold."
name '-JM~g It Is thns far the alvs
cooperation. The board of directors
sbonid not, as wo see It, abandon My of
Ms rights as beard msmbsm hot they
sbonid, R possWo, now bo riarMsliij
and frienRy.
The dissident adieu hns enst the
cooperative a lot af saanay and axpaoms
In bringing this, an wa so# It, hassles.
' and aesRsm la wank, but M Is over new
and ws ought to look ahead hntsnd of
behind no. Thsoe who dsal ka wRd oyod
far the dio olds ate, sbonid never bo
rownrdod. But we suspect Ibot Branch's
preoccupation wMb men dooo not rightly
ispisssnt the views af most of the 30,000
members of the LREMC bedyt It's and
that the LREMC Acdsa Groap baa not
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EXPEDIENCY SEEMS TO BE
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS AS
UNLIKELY COALITION PROMISES
TO DENY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAIRMANSHIP TO BLACK
Expediency seems to be the first
order of business at Saturday's up
coming gathering of Robeson County
Democrats. An unlikely coalition of
Whites and Indians (mostly from the
Western end of the county; promises to
deny a Black the chairmanship of the
Robeson County Democratic Party as
part of a gentlemen's agreement that has
prevailed in recent years as the
chairmanship has been rotated among
the races. According to that agreement it
is a Black's turn to be chairman of the
Robeson County Democratic Party.
But it is more than mere race. It is part
of an internecine feud between those
Indians allied with Herman Dial, the
recently deposed political power, and a
new coalition of Indians (many of them
progressive and interested in forging
new alliances) who, in the main,
supported Wyvis Oxendine, now firmly
in place as the county commissioner from
the Maxton (comprising the Maxton,
Smiths and Pembroke Precincts) Com
missioner District.
Said one of them in a recent interview,
"the old alliances have not worked and
we are interested in forging new
friendships and coalitions that wfll offer
something more than the traditional
betrayals qf the past."
Many Indians are seemingly still
disillusioned because of a perceived lack
of support for Gary Lynn Locklear from
the Black community in his losing race
for district judge. Others seem dis
enchanted with David Green, the Black
chairman of the Robeson County Board
of Education.
h will be interesting to see what
happens Saturday at 1 p.m. as (he
Robeson County Democratic Party con
vention begins. It will be an interesting
agenda although expediency seems to be
the first order of business.